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Atacamite from
Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
01570480017272732353999.jpg
Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Atacamite, etc.

Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Atacamite
Formula:Cu2(OH)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprite9
Marshite5
Native Gold4
Gypsum3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Atacamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:99875
Long-form Identifier:1:3:99875:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Atacamite
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘPinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘKintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘBroken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘDome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
60.1km (37.3 miles) ⓘBlock 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
78.5km (48.8 miles) ⓘMount Howden Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 842
H Y L Brown (1893) Catalogue of South Australian Minerals, with the Mines and other localities where found. South Australia Geological Department
Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1899) Record of the mines of South Australia (3rd ed.). Government Printer.
 
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